[Tiger Fan]

1933 WORLD SERIES : NEW YORK YANKEES vs NEW YORK GIANTS
For the first time ever the 2 New York teams will meet in the World Series. The Yankees had faced the Brooklyn Dodgers before but this is the first all New York meeting. The Giants are making only their second World Series appearance in franchise history - they beat the White Sox in 1905. The Yankees are here for a record 9th time, winning it all in 1903,1904,1909 and 1923. The Bronx Bombers last appearance was 1929 when they lost to Lou Gehrig and the Cincinnati Reds.

Both teams enter the series with injuries. The Yanks are without number 1 starter Pat Caraway, number 2 starter Ted Blankenship and starting shortstop Buster Chatham. Things are nearly as bad for the Giants who will be missing number 2 starter Waite Hoyt and starting shortstop Stu Clarke.

An interesting note: Frankie Frisch of the Yankees will be playing in his 8th World Series. He has played in 4 series with Brooklyn, two with the Cubs and one with the Phillies. He has been on the winning team twice.

GAME 1 -The series of course starts in New York, well Yankee Stadium to be exact. Babe Ruth drives in the winning run but it is Ed Morgan's 3 hits that key the Yankee attack in a 3-1 win. Carl Hubbell allowed just 3 Giants hits to get the win. Dizzy Dean took the loss in his first postseason appearance.

GAME 2 - If Game 2 is any indication this is going to be quite a series. The Giants lead 2-1 heading into the bottom of the ninth but Yankee shortstop Ed Murray (an injury replacement who hit .194 during the season) delivers an rbi single to tie the game. The Yankee celebration is short-lived however, as centerfielder Tom Miller's throwing error in the top of the 10th allows pinch runner Bob Seeds to score the go-ahead run for the Giants. The Yankees aren't done yet, or so it seems. Reliever Larry Benton of the Giants loads the bases with two out for Yankee catcher Ben Paschall. Paschall rips one over the first base bag but Joe Hauser stabs the liner to end the game and preserve a 3-2 Giants victory.

GAME 3 - Giants bats come alive at the Polo Grounds, rapping out 12 hits as the National Leaguers win 8-3. Ed Brandt gets the win with Roy Parmelee taking the loss. Brandt aids his own cause with 3 hits for the Giants. Marty McManus and Chink Outon each have 2 rbi's.

GAMe 4 - This time it is the Yankee bats that are awakened. Tom Miller hits a grand slam and Babe Ruth adds a 3-run shot in the Yankees 11-1 win. Dizzy Dean is shellshocked, lasting just 5 innings. Carl Hubbell gives up just 5 hits and no earned runs.

GAME 5 - The Giants turn to win a laugher. 11-4 is the final as Jimmy O'Connell goes 4-for-4 with 4 rbi's. Replacement shortstop Eric McNair, who has just 30 career at bats, also gets four hits. Larry Benton earns his second win of the series with Hal Wiltse taking the loss. The Giants lead the series 3-2 as we head back to Yankee stadium.

GAME 6 - No question the Yankees mean business. They score 5 times and send 10 men to the plate in the first inning. The game ends 7-3 Yankees as Parmelee evens his record at 1-1 while Monte Weaver takes the loss. After surrendering 5 hits in the first inning Weaver allowed just 2 more the rest of the way.

GAME 7 - After 2 straight World Series sweeps it is nice to see another 7th game and this one is one for the ages. Perhaps even the Greatest World Series game ever played

Carl Hubbell, who has yet to allow an earned run in 18 innings, faces Dizzy Dean, who's confidence is shot following a game 4 drubbing and 2 straight losses to Hubbell and the Yankees.
Dean's shaky psyche takes yet another hit in the third as Frankie Frisch and Babe Ruth each hit solo homers to give the Yanks a 2-0 lead. Al Simmons leads off the top of the 4th with a triple and scores on an error by the Yankees first baseman Ed Morgan. However, the Yankees answer right back. Julie Wera, the other half of the shortstop platoon replacing the injured Buster Chatham, drives in catcher Ben Paschal to make it 3-1 Yankees.
In the bottom of the fifth Bob Fothergill hits a solo homer to lead off the inning. Hubbell is human. He has finally allowed an earned run. A Marty McManus double followed by a Joe Hauser single and the game is tied. A further blow to the Yankees as Paschal has to leave the game after the collision at the plate with McManus. Career minor leaguer Chick Autry, a 30 year old with less than 100 games major league experience must now step in behind the plate midway through Game 7 of the World Series.
The game remains 3-3 as the innings tick by. Both teams can get baserunners but neither club can score. The 9th inning comes and goes with the score still deadlocked at 3. Carl Hubbell gives way to Tim McCabe for the Yankees in the 10th. Ray Hayworth hits a 2 out double but pinch hitter Chink Outen cant cash him in. Ruth singles for the Yankees in the bottom of the 10th but is erased on a doubleplay.
Shortstop Eric McNair grounds out to lead off the 11th for the Giants but back to back pinch hit Frank Brazill and Tom Hughes put runners on the corners with one out. Marty McManus pops out to Frisch but Joe Hauser plays the hero delivering a double to score both runners. Hauser is stranded when Al Simmons flies out but the Giants lead 5-3 and are 3 outs away from their first World Championship in nearly 30 years.
Dizzy Dean, confidence restored but arm exhausted, gives way to Bunny Hearn. Hearn saved a league high 10 games this season for the Giants. Tom Miller, who's error cost the Yankees game 2, leads off with a single. Chick Autry, the reserve catcher, follows with another base hit. Ed Morgan singles to score Miller. Red Thomas walks and the bases are loaded with no one out and the score 5-4. The Dodgers are sweating but no stirring in the bullpen. Another Yankee pinch hitter, Johnny Moore, lines out to the shortstop. 1 away. Frankie Frisch singles scoring Autry but with just one out they hold Morgan at third. The bases remain loaded and the score is now tied. Frank Waddey, the Yankee leftfielder steps to the plate and.......rips a double to score Morgan. Yankee Stadium, so silent half an inning before, erupts as the Bronx Bombers score 3 times in the bottom of the 11th to win their 5th World Championship.

THE BABE GETS HIS RING
38 year old Babe Ruth, who drove in 11 runs in the series, is near tears as he finally gets his World Series ring. Ruth also gets the MVP Award although some say Hubbell deserved it more. This writer is by no means a Yankee fan but you can't help but feel good for the Babe, who accomplished so much, and did so much for the HOB2 but never saw the birght lights of the October stage.

Perhaps this is how it was meant to be. A younger, cockier Ruth, may not have had the maturity to handle this earlier in his career. 12 MVP's can certainly fill a trophy room but they also fill a young man's head. Not enjoying team success may have helped keep the Babe somewhat grounded. Now at age 38, he has the maturity to both handle and appreciate how special this moment is. Frankie Frisch was blessed with 3 rings and 8 trips to the October circus. But in just one October Babe Ruth knows far better than Frisch just how special and fleeting these moments can be.

Ruth says he will return for another season and after hitting 30 homers no one will tell him a 39 year old can't play this game. He desperately wants to hit 700 career homers and certainly longs for another chance to play in October. Here is a look at Ruth's career so far: